A bride and her friends went on a weekend gateway and someone died. Who died? What is the motive behind the death?, What really happened during the weekend?, What is the secrets that tends to split as the police searched for the killer?.
Chapter 1 One
"Jasper proposed, Emma screamed showing her ring to her friends. Her face lit up with excitement and happiness. Her smile beaming with so much joy.
Sophie screamed as expected, megan was already saying lots of congratulations, amaya was too happy to speak as both her hands were clapped on her hands While as usually Jenni is calm and collected.
"Congratulations babe, jenni finally said last as her smiled widened."
"We have to party, this is a good news, sophie said jumping up and down on the video chat. This deserve a get together."
"Of course, it had been forever and I missed you girls, emma said flipping her hair backward,Eversince jenni got that position at work and amaya being married, life got busy."
"Yeah,yeah, the entire blame should not be on me and jenni as we all know you have been running off to jasper apartment every weekend and megan had her business with you know who."
Megan is divorced and amaya is never a fan of noah as she hated him. She said he was never good for her. Their divorce have been so messy that it had a big impact on sophie fashion business and also the messy fights of custody of their four years old daughter mallory.
" How about a weekend hangout?, Sophie asked. It will be fun and we can catch up."
" I have mal with me, megan replied but I can ask my mom if she can babysit."
"I am sure she won't mind, sophie replied. We should make this work. I don't want us cancelling like the last time. I missed you guys alot."
"Same,they all muttered in unison.
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Emma houstons came from old money. A generational wealth. she tried to follow in her parents footsteps by working at the family business ,she only survived three years before she quit and moved over here to start all over again. It have been a really big deal to her parents as they tried every means to make her stay but emma is tired of her controlling parent and her perfect brother. Sean have always been the perfect son while her, was the imperfect child who is bound to fail right from the beginning. She had broken more family rules than she can recollect and this had made her mother wished she ain't born. Emma could still remember her mother words when she was seventeen and arrested. She had been called worse. The last one was her being a disgrace to the entire family and that was nine month ago. She had not heard from her family in nine months. She wondered how they will react to the news about her getting married. They will never approved of jasper she is so sure but jasper is a very impressive person so she had a tiny bit of hope that he might be accepted into the family.
Emma had managed to build a career in interior designing and that is how she met jenni who was a realtor and she likes how smart and coordinated she is. She reminded emma of her mom but a calmer and kinder version.
Emma houstons is an average height beautiful woman, she had this beautiful green deep eyes that are attractive which makes her unforgettable. Emma is loud and very expressive woman. She enjoyed dressing up and loves shopping a lot as it is a form of therapy to her and she had tried to let go of the terrible habit but it seems to stuck.
She enjoys partying a lot,she and sophie kinds of hit off that way, so she is more closer to sophie as they are usually always together.
The drive to the beach house is full of nature and smell of trees and nature, the fresh breeze is so soothing and refreshing. Stepping down in her newly acquired red car, she adjust her dress before putting her shades on.
Sighing heavily, she takes a look at the beach house, it almost a year since she had been here. She brought it with the aim of coming here often but she is more a city type of girl. The house which stood very beautiful in a bright color of yellow, emma favorite color, she could hear the sound of the waves and the smell of the sand and water. She missed being here. Closing her eyes and inhaling the air which was pregnant with the smell of salt. Her eyes jolted open by sophie screaming voice.
"Emmmaaaaaaaa, sophie screamed as she pull her into a hug and peck her heavily, sophie was dressed skimpy like always. her hair in a bright orange color but shorter this time around. Sophie enjoyed playing around with colors. She had an heavy makeup on as she bat her heavy lashes. Oh girl I missed you. "
Emma laughed and hug sophie back. "You are looking good sop. What is the secret?.
They both drag emma suitcase and head upstairs.
"Damn emma, it is just two days", jenni said appearing at the door way. As usual, jenni is in a white pants and a brown shirt, her hair pulled in a tight knot, she looked beautiful even if she never do too much. she pulled emma into a hug.
"You know I hate missing out anything, emma replied looking around the comfy room. Amaya and megan?
"Megan said she is ten minutes away, jenni said taking a sit by the fireplace, her legs went over each other. Amaya isn't picking. She will be here."
" This place look good than I imagined, emma said collapsing on a sofa pulling her heels off as sophie left the room.
" I had someone comes in yesterday to clean it up, jenni said.
"Ooh, sweet jenni, you are a darling. I totally forgot you have a spare keys. I love you."
"I think we should have this before amaya and megan join us, I'm in a party mood already, sophie said as she returned with three wine glass and a champagne.
"It is too early to drink, jenni said standing up. I need some food in my system. I need to order pizza, anyone want some?."
"Order for everyone, emma said as she collect one wine glass from sophie, who is this secret man?
" You don't want to hear about sophie sex explore, it is wild emma, jenni said leaving the room.
"Jenni is right this time, sophie said quickly sipping her wine."
Emma is shocked. Sophie and jenni are not exactly best of friends, jenni hate sophie reckless lifestyle and called her "a spoilt woman who need to grow up". And sophie feel jenni is proud woman and once told emma "she think she is better than anyone else."
"What are you hidding sophie, emma said looking at her friend,it was then it drawn on emma that sophie had not ask to see her ring, she is the type of person to worship over that type of thing unlike her three other friends.
Sophie sip her wine the more, she felt relieved when they heard a car enter the driveway.
"That is probably megan. Sophie said."
Megan came in looking all stylish, clearly showing that she is into fashion.
"Okay girl, take it easy on us, emma said as they group hug. You look good."
"Thank you, I am working on some new collections, I brought some chicken soup from mom's. she sent her hello." grabbing emma hands, megan looked at the ring and rub emma hand gently. "He did good, it looks good on you." Emma smiled wildly
"Jenni, meg is here, sophie screamed and jenni re enter the room. Jenni eye's brightened up as she saw megan.
"Megan, jenni said as she hug her tightly. They broke apart and hug again. It good seeing you again and how is mal?
" She is fine, she wanted to come along but I told her this is a grown up party. That girl claims she is grown, megan said and they all laughed.
"I really missed her, emma said. I should really swing by so we can have an aunty and mal day."
"Of course but emma easy on the expensive stuff, she is manipulating you to buy it for her. She always knew she will get it from you, she said aunty jenni is so strict like mummy but she always let me have extra play time, aunty sophie always let me play with her phone that is alot of screen time, I don't know who is my favorite aunty between aunty emma and Amaya, aunty emma get me all the stuffs I asked and aunty amaya let me have sweets."
"Oh mine, emma said as her eyes crowd her eyes."
"Y'all spoil her silly and I appreciate all of your help and contribution but y'all spoil her way too much that I cannot match your standard."
"I can't promise, sophie said. I'm spoilt myself."
"I will try, emma replied."
"Definitely babe, jenni said. She is your child and it is your rules."
"Bitchesssssssss, amaya voices echoes into the house."
"That girl is definitely crazy, megan said and they all laughed.
Pure blooded indian woman, amaya is curvy plus size woman who have dedicated her lives in advocating for plus size women to love and appreciate their body more. Amaya is a bubbly happy woman and happily married to a doctor.
"Look who is there, the bride, amaya screamed as she pulled emma into a hug. Oh my God you will make a lovely bride, I am so proud of you babe. Look at the ring, oh jasper did great."
"Thank you, emma said."
"Seth insist we have a normal get together after this, amaya said."
Just like amaya, her husband is quite the fun too, seth said his job is too serious enough to last him a lifetime so he needs more fun in his life, probably the reason he is attracted and in love with amaya.
"We will definitely make time, sophie said. I think I like party seth better."
"Come on, let keep the party going, seth and I have been taking it slow for a while now, we are trying to have a baby."
" Oh really, that great amaya, jenni said."
"You and Seth are going to be an incredible parent, no doubt about that, megan said."
"Hopefully, we can get pregnant same time. emma said, we gonna be twins mom."
"I don't know if we can wait for you and jasper, amaya said.
"We are here to party guys, no more kids or marriage talks, megan said."
"I agreed." Jenni said
Chapter 1 One
08/12/2023
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